"The one who is conscious (in Tao) can't speak. The one who can speak is not conscious (centered in Tao)"
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"The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao."
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"The tao is made because we walk it,things become what they are called."
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"The Tao has no place for pettiness, and nor has Virtue. Pettiness is dangerous to Virtue; pettiness is dangerous to the Tao. It is said, rectify yourself and be done."
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"The scholar gains every day; the man of Tao loses every day."
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"Attending fully and becoming supple, Can you be as a newborn babe?"
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"It is fitting for a great nation to yield."
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"Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence Tao is apprehended."
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"The truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface."
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"You will ride the Tao toward the concrescence and will be able to live in the light of its anticipation."
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"I don't own a scale, and Tao banned the word 'fat' from our house. If we eat too much, we say, 'I feel clogged up.'"
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"The Tao's principle is spontaneity."
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"Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it."
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"Giving birth and nourishing, Bearing yet not possessing, Working yet not taking credit, Leading yet not dominating, This is the Primal Virtue."
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"The Tao which you know is not the eternal Tao"
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"Approach the universe with Tao, And evil will have no power. Not that evil is not powerful, But its power will not be used to harm others."
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"The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance."
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